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Bolivia's proposal: Strengthening markets not based forest management

In Qatar, at the UN
COP 18, Bolivia continues fight for Mother
Earth

By Plurinational State of
BoliviaDuring
the 18th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change in Doha, Qatar, the Bolivian delegation reaffirmed its rejection
of the use and expansion of the carbon market as a tool to reduce emissions that
cause climate change in the world
and presented a proposal with alternative tools in carbon
markets.
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The
Plurinational State of Bolivia proposed the implementation of a new mechanism
to
prevent deforestation and avoid the emission of millions of tons of greenhouse
gases into the atmosphere, which will be funded through the Green Fund of the
Convention, by public funds from
developed countries, historical causes of the problem, in line with the
commitments made by these countries for a decade with no results to
date.

﻿﻿The
mechanism proposed by Bolivia, different and critical of REDD represents are
real and consistent with the principles of the Convention, notably with the
principles of equity, historical responsibility and climate debt. This
proposal seeks to achieve real reductions and not speculation about trends,
supplemented by actual reduction actions within industrialized countries, thus
avoiding transfer their responsibilities to developing
countries.BOLIVIA
AND THE PROPOSAL FOR THE MECHANISM SET OF MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION FOR THE
INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTSDoha,
December 1 (Bolivian delegation in Doha). The
struggle to curb forest carbon markets continues in Doha. Bolivia has raised in
the sessions of the Working Group on "reducing emissions from deforestation and
forest degradation" the need to take into account the approaches of the document
of Rio + 20 that there are a variety of approaches to achieve sustainable
development and the need of developing holistic approaches integrated in the
framework of harmony with nature. The
Bolivian proposal raises the recognition by the Convention of a "Joint mechanism
of Mitigation and Adaptation for the Integrated and Sustainable Management of
Forests" as a non-market approach, giving continuity to the achievements made by
Bolivia in the COP17 in Durban South Africa the year 2011, with the
incorporation in the decisions of this working group to develop approaches that
are not based on the markets. This mechanism is based on the
non-commercialisation of the environmental functions of forests, the multiple
functions of forests, and the strengthening of the Government in the forests.

Bolivia raises the mechanism of mitigation and adaptation as an
alternative to REDD + and markets being developed within the framework of the
negotiations on climate change to promote emission reductions, although there is
still no official recognition to this acronym by countries.

Thus, the
Bolivian position in the negotiations of the COP18 passes through the
recognition of this joint mechanism under the Convention as an approach that is
not based on markets, the establishment of methodologies and procedures for
their development and implementation as well as its relationship with public
sources for its financing.